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Is it possible to raise the colony off the ground? If so, you can raise it on wooden posts and either cover the posts in petroleum jelly, sticky tape, or put the posts in a large can and fill the can...

Mites are attracted to drone brood, and I've linked to a study by Yves Le Conte below. You coudl try and attract mites to a bottom board using the compounds suggested by Le Conte--particularly methyl...

I can confirm this is crystallized honey. We had this problem last year with our bees. There was a great nectar flow just before the end of the season, but the nectar was from Asteraceae, which I've...